getting ****ed of with a p38 v8

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millar190

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hi everyone have just bought a 4.0 v8 p38 was overheating, fitted new rad +thermostat does not overheat anymore, but when it gets to running tempreture it blows coolant out of overflow on header tank, think the coolant system is pressuring but what can make this happen,any help very much apprecited,
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hi welcome to lz, if you bought it from a garage take it back. a good chance it need a new block. i know this is not want to hear. for this is a big problem with the v8..
 
martin1512 said:
The other cause of this could be air locks in the coolant system.
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going to bleed system again now,the guy i bought it of has been good he sent me a new thermostat, which we later found was not working, supplied a new rad, but i think the problem is the coolant system is pressuring, at the momment the thermostat that is in is mangled so it is open all the time, car runs fine, but when it eventually gets to correct tempreture it blows coolant out overflow and top hose is very hard.
 
j the range said:
hi welcome to lz, if you bought it from a garage take it back. a good chance it need a new block. i know this is not want to hear. for this is a big problem with the v8..
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Hi the guy i bought from,has told me he will swap it,but we are just trying to figure out what is wrong ,this is my first rangie and i know it may sound sad but i bloody like the old girl,ps its a 95 with 128000on the clock.;)
 
i is sorry for you, i was the same last year, spent a fortune on it befor i had to admit. the was the problem new block no more problems. at the end of the day its your call but your block is fooooked, and only fix is a new block.. good luck..
 
take your plugs out, see if any of them look washed, all nice and clean i is prety sure the blocks gone, you can get a bottom end for £500 ish that has been tested, thats what i did..
 
j the range said:
take your plugs out, see if any of them look washed, all nice and clean i is prety sure the blocks gone, you can get a bottom end for £500 ish that has been tested, thats what i did..
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cheers thanks for your help hope to get it sorted soon will reply when i do ,by the way have you heard of this one ,put the key in one way and get eas fault, put in other way and no eas fault.strange animal.:)
 
Just an update on my problems, i have fitted a new thermostat, new radiator, new header bottle, and cap, blew out return pipe with airline, rebled system, and all seems to be fine no more pressurising etc
just a word of warning got new thermostat,when fitted after a period of head scratching, found that it was not working, and had to get a replacement one.
 
millar190 said:
Just an update on my problems, i have fitted a new thermostat, new radiator, new header bottle, and cap, blew out return pipe with airline, rebled system, and all seems to be fine no more pressurising etc
just a word of warning got new thermostat,when fitted after a period of head scratching, found that it was not working, and had to get a replacement one.
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Hah! And J would have had you fit a new engine block!
 
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